textual criticism
textual criticism · textual criticisms
Textkritik
A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form of a text…A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.
Textkritik
More definitions
- comparison of a particular text with related materials in order to establish authenticity
Translations
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By meaning 1
discipline for reconstructing old text forms:
Forms
plural: textual criticisms| Singular | textual criticism |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedtext-critical
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable